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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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08-07-2003, 02:48 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,343
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Re: If you are married...........
There both Italian and start with the same letter so it's not to much of a difference for me. But my married name has grown on me and I don't think I could go back to my maiden name.
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08-07-2003, 02:58 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 4,695
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Re: If you are married...........
My maiden name was pretty common and boring but at least everyone could spell and pronounce it correctly. My married name has a little more spice to it but it rarely gets spelled or pronounced correctly. If the telemarketers can't pronounce it correctly, we tell them "sorry no one by that name at this number" and hang up. I like them both.
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08-07-2003, 04:03 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Posts: 5,641
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Re: If you are married...........
It really doesn't matter. Alphabetically, I went from a "C" to a "B" so that didn't change too much and neither of them is ever pronounced nor spelled correctly.
My maiden name is from German origin and my married name is French and both are mispronounced by telemarketers and restaurant hostesses alike. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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08-07-2003, 04:59 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 3,357
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Re: If you are married...........
Don't have a maiden name. Got to keep the one I've always had.
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08-07-2003, 06:03 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: If you are married...........
Are you kidding? I married DH for the cool last name! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Seriously, my boring maiden name was my stepdad's last name (adopted me after my parents divorced). So I hyphenated my married name with my biological dad's name and am very happy with the results. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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08-07-2003, 07:41 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North Dakota aka frozen wastelands
Posts: 2,025
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Re: If you are married...........
Hey Debbi! My maiden name is German and married name is French and BOTH are also always mispronounced too!LOL!!
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08-07-2003, 07:50 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: If you are married...........
I hyphenate to annoy my FiL. It drives him batty (i also drive him batty when I flip the TP over so it is over the top of the roll and not under!) [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
A friend got married a few weeks ago and he and his wife took part of each of their last names and combined them to make a new last name.
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08-08-2003, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The land of the free and the Home of the Brave!
Posts: 2,694
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Re: If you are married...........
I like my married name better I think. It is short and sweet.
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08-08-2003, 02:47 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
Posts: 2,818
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Re: If you are married...........
my maiden name was costantly mispronounced, so i was happy to go to a pretty easy last name when i married.
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08-08-2003, 10:03 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: If you are married...........
My maiden name was a very easy to pronounce and spell name. So I think I like it better, but I still chose to take my hubby's mispronounced, misspelled name anyways. It's very unique (Norwegian - it's supposed to have the double dots over the o's, but we've omitted them) and anybody on this continent with the same last name is related to my hubby somehow.
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08-08-2003, 10:07 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 2,873
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Re: If you are married...........
Married. Porter turned into Porker all to easily!
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08-09-2003, 10:16 AM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 87
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Re: If you are married...........
I am in the minority here, in that I kept my maiden name. I was married once before (briefly, big mistake in college), took that person's last name. It seemed like forever before I received my maiden name back. I swore that I was never going to change it again. My (now) husband doesn't mind, our son has his last name. His last name is constantly mispronounced, we use my last name for reservations at restaurants.
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